Congratulations!

To our favorite Minnesota judge, G. Barry Anderson, promoted this afternoon from the Minnesota Court of Appeals to the Minnesota Supreme Court. And congratulations to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty on a great appointment.
Justice Anderson is the third Anderson (out of seven justices) on the Minnesota Supreme Court. Governor Pawlenty must have hesitated and imagined the cheap shots he will take in the newspapers before he decided to make this appointment on the merits.